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Seventeen‑year‑old Daniel in Madison, Wisconsin, must confront his own past when his father, a former political prisoner who spent five years in Chileian torture camps, arrives home. Together with his 18‑year‑old girlfriend Courtney, Daniel discovers ways to support his father’s struggle to return to Chile and resume his activist work, while dealing with the heavy emotions that bind them.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Lyn Miller-Lachmann
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